Session M1.1: Disaster Risk Management Terms and Concepts Note: For further detail definitions and concepts clarity‚ please visit United Nation International Strategy (UNISDR) website http://www.unisdr.org/eng/terminology/terminology-2009-eng.html Crisis A crisis is any event that is‚ or is expected to lead to‚ an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual‚ group‚ community‚ or whole society. Management often requires decisions to be made within a short timeframe & often an event
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Assignment 1 Types of Software:- Software includes all the various forms and roles that digitally stored data may have and play in a computer (or similar system)‚ regardless of whether the data is used as code for a CPU‚ or other interpreter‚ or whether it represents other kinds of information. Practical computer systems divide software systems into three major classes: system software‚ programming software and application software‚ although the distinction is arbitrary‚ and often blurred.
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Chenab River The Chenab River‚ is a major river of Jammu and Kashmir‚ India and the Punjab in Pakistan. It forms in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh‚ India‚ and flows through length: 597 miles (960km) | The River Chenab originates in the Kulu and Kangra districts of the Himachal. Pardesh province of India. The two chief streams of the Chenab The Chandra and the BHAGA THE Chenab has twelve major tributaries namely: Chandra‚ Bhaga‚ Bhat Nal1ah‚ Maru‚ Jammu
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Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………2 The Chernobyl Disaster Overview……………………………………………………………..3 Causes of the disaster………………………………………………...4 Effects of the Chernobyl accident…………………………………....6 Human impacts of the accident……………………………………....7 Why and how do industrial accidents happen?..............................................8 . How can accidents be minimized?.................................................................9 . Role of engineers How
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WHO collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010 The numbers and trends Debby Guha-Sapir‚ Femke Vos‚ Regina Below with Sylvain Ponserre Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010 The numbers and trends Debby Guha-Sapir Femke Vos Regina Below with Sylvain Ponserre (UNISDR) Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels‚ Belgium Acknowledgements The data upon which this report
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Environmental Destruction In the past century we have made many great innovations such as automobiles and aircrafts and even pesticides. With these great innovations come consequences. Such as global warming as Bill Mckibben states in his essay “The Environmental Issue from Hell”. In this essay Mckibben talks about how humanity in the past century has contributed to global warming by using fuel burning vehicles and aircraft. Before Pesticides‚ farmers had a tough time keeping crops alive due to
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Chemical Disasters Project Due Date: May 14th or May 15th The Project: Pick and research a chemical disaster/accident. Write a 2 page paper – 12 point font‚ double-spaced. Your paper should also include at least five sources in APA format. Your paper should include background‚ cause‚ chemistry‚ and aftermath of the event. You will need to pick one of the following disasters from the list below. The topics are first come first served. Grading: Style: (25 points) The paper is at least two
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Communication Facilities for Disaster Management Ham Radio Ham Radio is also know as Amateur radio.It is a community of people that use radio transmitters and receivers to communicate with other Amateur radio operators. If you were to ask a dozen different amateurs what ham radio meant to them chances are you would get 12 different answers. Amateur radio operators are often called ham radio operators or simply “hams” and frequently the public is more familiar with this term than with the legal
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natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods‚ droughts‚ cyclones‚ earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; about 8% of the total area is prone to cyclones and 68% of the area is susceptible to drought. In the decade 1990-2000‚ an average of about 4344 people lost their lives and about 30 million people were affected by disasters every
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Course Title: Disaster Risk and Resilience Management Student’s Profile: Degree: Doctorate Major: Strategic Planning and Management ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Table of Contents | Title | Page | 1. | Introduction | 4 | 2. | Justification2.1. International Disaster Management2.2. The Hyogo Framework of Action2.3. Disaster Risk Management Tools2.4. Disaster Risk Management Definitions/Terminologies2.5. Disaster Risk Management Framework2.6. Key Elements of Disaster Risk Management2
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